Bolton 'keeper Jussi Jaaskelainen has called on referee David Elleray to admit he got it wrong during the Trotters' 3-2 defeat to Newcastle at St James' Park on Saturday.

Bolton 'keeper Jussi Jaaskelainen has called on referee David Elleray to admit he got it wrong during the Trotters' 3-2 defeat to Newcastle at St James' Park on Saturday.

The defeat dealt a damaging blow to Bolton's survival bid, and Jaaskelainen believes he was wrongly penalised for holding the ball more than six seconds, which allowed Alan Shearer to score the first of his two goals from the resulting free-kick.

Instead, the Finnish 'keeper believes Shearer should have been penalised for obstructing him as he tried to get rid of the ball.

"Referees should hold their hands up when they make mistakes like this," Jaaskelainen told his personal website on bigfanof.com.

"David Elleray had a good game otherwise but I don't think he made the right decision.

"I was doing my best to get rid of the ball within the time allowed.

"At half-time Elleray came up to me and said I should have thrown the ball away. But that's not the rule, I should have been able to kick it clear. I wanted to but that was impossible within the time.

"I knew I had the ball for a long time but that was because I was being blocked by Alan Shearer.

"I tried to release the ball twice but both times he got in the way. I was certainly not time-wasting.

"But the referee wasn't looking at the time, he just counted it as nine seconds and blew his whistle."

Wanderers' boss Sam Allardyce refused to criticise Shearer but said he would be very disappointed if a video re-run showed the free-kick had been awarded in such circumstances.